According to the first full study ever done on the subject, meetings may be bad for your mental health -- especially if you are task-oriented. But some people get a secret charge out of meetings, which may explain why they are increasing in frequency in the modern workplace.
Recent bioarchaeological findings at the ancient Dead Sea settlement of Qumran confirm the existence of a strange communal latrine --located at a remote distance, conforming with extreme hygiene practices described in ancient texts and possibly accounting for a documented early mortality rate at the settlement.
Could low-level heavy metal pollution be combining with warm water temperatures to fatally weaken cold-blooded sea life? A study examining the joint effects of cadmium and temperature on mitochondrial metabolism in oysters finds a combined effect that is potentially lethal and could be a significant contributor to recent oyster declines.
A new finding by an undergraduate scientist and a senior bee researcher gives new insight on the weird, leaderless organization of honeybee colonies, which exhibit behavior rivaling human cultures in social complexity. The finding may help researchers understand similar complex phenomena, including brain function and terrorist networks.
The College of Computing and Informatics is partnering with Habitat to install computers in Habitat homes and train residents in how to use them. The move aims to boost digital literacy and improve education.
Two UNC Charlotte PhD students have won a national National Science Foundation award for computing work that can improve communication in times of natural disasters and military conflict.
A UNC Charlotte professor with a history of designing U.S. coins, has been chosen to design a new medallion for U.S. Olympics coaches.
On August 28 and 29, University of North Carolina at Charlotte meteorologist Matthew Eastin and his students will be turning North Carolina's coastal Brunswick Co. into one of the country's most densely and carefully monitored weather sites.
A UNC Charlotte researcher is developing a "rapid sand" filter that could provide a simple means of providing fresh water to millions upon millions of people in developing countries.
In the fall of 2011, students in UNC Charlotte's MBA program and other graduate programs will be attending classes in an iconic 12-story addition to downtown Charlotte's skyline.
New national accreditations underscore that UNC Charlotte's Department of Kinesiology is one of only a handful of departments in the nation that provides CAAHEP-accredited programs in Exercise Science and Clinical Exercise Physiology. Over the past two years, UNC Charlotte has had more students sit for the HFS exam than any other institution in the nation.
A decade-long trend in building science research indicates people are more comfortable, productive and feel healthier in buildings that use daylight as the primary source of workplace illumination. Advances in lighting research and technology at UNC Charlotte have opened up new horizons for daylighting.
UNC Charlotte's J. Murrey Atkins Library has been chosen to host "Friends Always: The Berlin Airlift Traveling Museum Exhibit." The exhibit features 60 large panel photographs that will be on public display from June 1 to June 24 and commemorates the 60th anniversary of the most successful humanitarian actions of all times.
New facility for hydrodynamics testing. Water tunnel research applications include race car aerodynamics, fuel efficiency, aerospace experiments, submarine/surface vessel efficiency, swimwear efficiency, baseball bat, golf club and cycling aerodynamics, fish schooling and soil erosion.
Microsoft CEO to join UNC Charlotte and AT&T officials at N.C. Technology Association's statewide conference in Charlotte.
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UNC Charlotte biology professor Inna Sokolova studies what has caused the decimation of oyster populations off the Carolina coastline. Oyster restoration and protection has become a priority of N.C. state policy makers and universities. Sokolova and colleagues have demonstrated that marine organisms become more sensitive to pollution as ocean temperatures rise.
UNC Charlotte has hired an expert in the area of rick management to lead the University's development of an Enterprise Risk Management Program (ERM).
Computer science professor Tiffany Barnes is studying how to use artificial intelligence to transform education. Her efforts have resulted in a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award. Barnes, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science in UNC Charlotte's College of Computing and Informatics, will receive $646,982 during the next five years to support her research, "Educational Data Mining for Student Support in Interactive Learning Environments.
The sequencing of the soybean genome will be announced in a paper forthcoming in the January 14 issue of the journal Nature. Authored by Jeremy Schmutz of the Joint Genome Institute and the HudsonAlpha Genome Sequencing Center and 43 other researchers from 18 institutions, the paper details results pointing to key evolutionary events that may be responsible for the plant’s unusual capabilities.
Even in the Age of Information myths and misconceptions abound about HIV/AIDS prevention and transmission. These have contributed to an upsurge of HIV cases among individuals 50 and older over the course of the epidemic.
Birth defects remain a leading cause of death in the first year of life. According to the March of Dimes, every 3 to 4 minutes a baby is born with a birth defect in the United States. UNC Charlotte researcher Cynthia H. Cassell has devoted her career to improving the lives of families and children affected by birth defects.
In a society that places high value on work and lauds individuals for their strong work ethic, getting workaholism recognized as a real, dangerous problem has been an uphill battle. Bryan Robinson began his public campaign in 1998 with the inaugural edition of "Chained to the Desk," which provided the first comprehensive portrait of the workaholic. A spate of national media attention followed.
Land development in the N.C. mountains increased 568% from 1976 to 2006, researchers at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC Charlotte released in a study today. Forecasting extended to 19 N.C. mountain counties and will aid policy makers in guiding further development in the region.
Even in the Age of Information myths and misconceptions abound about HIV/AIDS prevention and transmission. But, according to UNC Charlotte Associate Professor of Sociology Diane Zablotsky, the most damaging response to HIV/AIDS is silence. Silence has contributed to an upsurge of HIV cases among individuals 50 and older over the course of the epidemic.
Two Charlotte energy companies, Duke Energy and Siemens Energy, today announced $8.8 million in support for the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center [EPIC] at UNC Charlotte. Duke Energy will provide approximately $4.5 million and Siemens Energy will provide approximately $4.3 million in support of the Center. Both companies will do this over several years as the EPIC program develops.
An accomplished student, gifted athlete and tireless humanitarian, Darius Law is the 2011 recipient of The Nish Jamgotch Jr. Humanitarian Student Award at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Law, a senior in the Belk College of Business and an All-American track and field star, will receive a $10,000 cash prize.
UNC Charlotte’s College of Arts + Architecture will bring “Violins of Hope” to Charlotte for a series of premiere exhibitions and performances about the instruments recovered from the Holocaust.
Johan Enslin comes from Petra Solar with Strong Leadership Record in Universities and Industry.
UNC Charlotte professor Yuliang Zheng invented the revolutionary new technology and he continues his research in the College of Computing and Informatics. After nearly a three-year process, his research efforts have been formally recognized as an international standard by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO).
UNC Charlotte, working in collaboration with other area colleges, universities and community partners, is launching a unique educational and civic initiative related to the 2012 election season and the presidential nominating conventions.
Violins of Hope is a collection of 18 violins recovered from the Holocaust and restored by Israeli master violin maker Amnon Weinstein. Coming to North America for the first time for a series of premiere exhibitions and performances, April 9.
Developed Land in the Greater Triangle and Rocky Mount region in N.C. increased nearly 570 percent from 1976 to 2005. Development is expected to increase by 150 percent by 2040. The projections have been released in a study by researchers at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC Charlotte.
UNC Charlotte will offer the world’s first bachelor’s degree in neurodiagnostics and sleep science (NDSS). This innovative, online degree will be available through the College of Health and Human Service’s Kinesiology Department in collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill’s Department of Allied Health Sciences. The program will accept students starting with the fall 2012 semester.
Jeremy Olson, a student at UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), and his mobile app design company, Tapity, have hit another homerun with its newest app, Languages. Following on the successful release of Grades 2, the company’s inaugural app, Languages has climbed to the fifth-highest selling app in Apple’s App Store, only a day after being released.
UNC Charlotte marked another milestone on Friday, Nov. 16, with the dedication of the new $76 million Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) Building. About 300 visitors were treated to a demonstration of the facility’s High Bay Lab, one of the five largest of its kind in the country that will serve as a site for large-scale structural design and testing.
UNC Charlotte is one of five colleges and universities selected, nationally, to participate in the International Academic Partnership Program's India initiative by the Institute of International Education.
Belk, Inc. and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte today announced that Belk, Inc. will donate $5 million to the university’s Belk College of Business over five years. This gift is the largest in the history of the Belk College, which was named in honor of the Belk family and organization in 1990.
People think of wind as an energy source with few limits, offering an unending power source with distinct capacity advantages over sources that deplete, such as fossil fuel. Yet, new research in mesoscale atmospheric modeling by UNC Charlotte's Amanda S. Adams and Harvard University's David W. Keith, published Monday in the journal Environmental Research Letters, suggests that the power capacity of large-scale wind farms may have been significantly overestimated.
As the world seeks ways to reduce energy costs and speed access to alternative energy solutions, UNC Charlotte researcher Deborah Strumsky is leading a team that will use modeling to forecast optimal investments for the array of solar energy technologies that are emerging. A bit like people considering a wide range of complex, inter-related factors when building their retirement funds – such as what funds are available to them, the amount of risk involved and how long until they retire – Strumsky and her colleagues will consider how various factors impact the performance of solar technologies.
One way to understand what motivates and deters burglars is to ask them. UNC Charlotte researcher Joseph Kuhns did just that. He led a research team that gathered survey responses from more than 400 convicted offenders that resulted in an unprecedented look into the minds of burglars, providing insight into intruders’ motivations and methods. The study, “Understanding Decisions to Burglarize from the Offender’s Perspective,” was funded by the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation (AIREF), under the auspices of the Electronic Security Association (ESA), the largest trade association for the electronic life safety and security industry.
Many elementary students' math performance improves when their teachers collaborate, work in professional learning communities or do both, yet most students don't spend all of their elementary school years in these settings, a new study by UNC Charlotte researchers shows. The U.S. Department of Education funded the study, which the journal Sociology of Education recently published.
In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) a research team from University of North Carolina at Charlotte announced that they had uncovered a previously unknown surveillance mechanism, known as a DNA damage checkpoint, used by cells to monitor oxidatively damaged DNA. The finding, first-authored by UNC Charlotte biology graduate student Jeremy Willis and undergraduate honors student Yogin Patel, was also co-authored by undergraduate honors student Barry L. Lentz and assistant professor of biology Shan Yan.
UNC Charlotte’s new PORTAL building is the latest example of the University’s commitment to foster partnerships with private industry. The $35 million facility was designed to stimulate business growth and job creation along with promoting research and innovation. The four-story, 96,000-square-foot, PORTAL building, which sits on a prominent site at the Tryon Street entrance of the Charlotte Research Institute campus, will be formally dedicated on Feb. 28.
A Charlotte-based permanent supportive housing program is finding success in its efforts to improve stability for chronically homeless individuals while also helping the community to save money, according to a report from UNC Charlotte’s College of Health and Human Services.
Investing in future engineering leaders is the goal of a new merit-based scholars program, made possible by Craig and Darla Albert. The Albert Engineering Leadership Scholars Program will emphasize applied learning, campus involvement and professional development.
The National Security Agency (NSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have re-designated UNC Charlotte as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense Research. In 2008, the University was one of the first in the country to receive this designation.
The World Cup has an economic effect on countries, according to an analysis of 50 years of nations' economic data compared with their Cup success over the same time period.
Classes get under way Monday, Aug. 25, at the new Charlotte Engineering Early College, located in the shadow of EPIC. It is the first of its kind for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). The inaugural class of 100 ninth-graders from across Mecklenburg County will delve into a curriculum that focuses on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) courses, with a special emphasis on energy and engineering.
For its innovative and efficient application of National Instruments products, the Lee College of Engineering’s Rocket Team won a chance to travel to Austin, Texas, to present at the 20th annual NIWeek. Out of 3,250 student projects submitted from 25 countries for the Student Design Competition, National Instruments selected the 49er team as one of three finalists.
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